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Funds round up: April 2024
5 days ago
Allocations to private credit and new fund launches continued to roll out in April, as our monthly round-up confirms -
Golub raises USD 2bn for sixth credit opportunities fund
6 days ago
Golub Capital has held the final close of the sixth vintage of its credit opportunities fund, raising USD 2bn -
Golub hires from MetLife for new insurance solutions team
7 days ago
Golub Capital has launched a new insurance solutions team, as the firm continues its multi-year plan to build out its investor partners group -
US pension fund makes fresh USD 250m allocation to private credit
8 days ago
A US pension system has recently disclosed hundreds of millions of commitments to alternative funds, including USD 250m for private credit -
AXA wins USD 400m for SRT strategy from US pension fund
12 days ago
The growing global demand for SRT transactions was confirmed yesterday with an announcement from AXA IM Alts that it had been awarded a USD 400m investment mandate from a US pension fund -
New Mexico pension system approves USD 150m top-up to distressed debt fund
14 days ago
The New Mexico State Investment Council continued to pump money into credit alternatives on Tuesday, as the board approved its latest commitment -
MGG raises more than USD 400m in first close of lower middle market fund
15 days ago
MGG Investment Group has filed the first close on its MGG Structured Solutions Fund II, offering capital solutions to non-sponsor backed companies -
Cheyne returns to SRT market with eye-catching hire
15 days ago
Cheyne Capital has re-entered the significant/synthetic risk transfer (SRT) market, bringing on an industry veteran to act as portfolio manager -
Baltimore pension system puts USD 35m into private credit fund
15 days ago
The City of Baltimore's Fire & Police Employees' Retirement System recently allocated USD 35m to a private credit fund -
Private credit firms chase opportunities in asset based lending as US banks withdraw
19 days ago
Lending against assets is becoming the fastest growing part of private credit. The market is expected to grow from roughly USD 787bn in 2024 to more than USD 1.26trn in 2028, according to a report by Research and Markets, a data and statistics firm. -
US loan volume nears record levels
19 days ago
In Q1 2024 quarterly institutional loan issuance reached its second highest level on record. The period also saw the lowest quarterly share of new money issuance, at just 13% of total activity -
Fund performance
19 days ago
In February, CLO funds once again claimed the majority of top positions in our fund ranking — this time taking eight of the top 10 spots (see table below). -
Allianz gears up to launch European credit impact investing fund
20 days ago
Allianz Global Investors filed regulatory documents in Luxembourg this week for a new impact investing fund, the latest in a string of similar strategies -
Schroders Capital adds two senior members to private debt and credit alternatives platform
21 days ago
Schroders has made two senior-level hires following last fall's consolidation of its debt and alternative credit strategies onto a single platform -
Texas pension system commits USD 100m to direct lending
25 days ago
The Texas County & District Retirement System recently allocated USD 100m to a direct lending fund at its 1 April meeting -
San Francisco pension system continues to invest in private credit
26 days ago
The board of the San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System has allocated USD 75m to a credit special situations fund -
DWS head of direct lending departs
27 days ago
Marcus Herbig, head of direct lending at DWS, has left the firm, according to people familiar with the matter -
Louisiana pension system allocates to private credit
29 days ago
The Louisiana Teachers’ Retirement System has recently made a fresh round of commitments to alternative funds, including to private credit. -
Chicago pension system allocates USD 40m to private credit
1 month ago
The Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago approved two commitments to private credit totaling USD 40m at its 24 January meeting -
Ares launches third vintage of senior direct lending fund
1 month ago
Ares Management recently filed regulatory documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the Ares Sr Direct Lending III Access Parallel -
Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
1 month ago
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors -
Akin hires Paul Hastings lawyer for private credit practice
1 month ago
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld continues to expand its special situations and private credit practice with the hire of a new partner in the group -
Barings shrugs off team liftout with new private credit deal
1 month ago
Barings is putting up a fight in the private credit market despite the dramatic loss of 20 members, acting as lead agent on a new private credit deal -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
1 month ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
New Mexico sovereign wealth fund pumps an additional USD 450m into private credit
1 month ago
The New Mexico State Investment Council latest commitments to private credit total up to USD 450m, spread across three managers
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